parameter passing

[Nazma Panjwani]

Hi,
When passing an object as a parameter to a method, for ex. an array, I know that a reference to that object is passed in. If in that method, the formal parameter is made to point to a different object, how come the original variable is still pointing to the same object?

Example arrays:
int[] integers = new int [5]
calling method changeSize(integers)

public changeSize (int[] numbers)
int [] temp = new int[numbers.length*2];
copying the values of numbers array into temp array;
numbers = temp;

numbers array is pointing to the new array....but integers array is still pointing to the old array.
I heard in C# you can do this, make integers pointing to whatever numbers is pointing at, but in java you can't??? Why is that?
How does C# accomplish this then??

Thanks

[W. Joe Smith]

In Java you aren't passing the actual reference into the method, rather a copy of the reference. So the numbers reference and the integers reference are 2 seperate references to the same object. If you change the reference in one, it doesn't change the reference in the other.

[Christophe Verré]

Check this FAQ.